Customer Reviews

Microsoft® BackOffice® Small Business Server Bible

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This book is obsolete - it doesn't cover the SBS 4.5. So forget it

If you have no idea what you're doing get this book. It does a good job of summarizing the apps in SBS. If you want hard core, real-world examples and tips look somewhere else...if I knew where I'd tell ya.

If you are having troubles connecting to your ISP and MS Support has worn you out.... DO NOT make the mistake of thinking that this book will have information that will assist you in resolving your problems..... On the other hand the book does offer some intresting explanations of other various networking issues....

While a nobel attempt to provide add't documentation resources for us SBS users, the SBS Bible book didn't go much beyond the manual and other Microsoft-centric resources. For example, some of the RAS discussion was darn near copied from Microsoft sources...and many of us know RAS is a diaster..I'm concerned the author didn't have hard won war stories to share with us readers...

Microsoft Backoffice Small Business Server Bible adds little to the online documentation provided with the Microsoft Backoffice Small Business Server. I purchased it as soon as it came out because of questions I had administering the software in my office network. The questions had not been answered by the online resources on Small Business Server. Rather than the MS SBS "Bible", I'd say it belonged in the "Dummies" group of books.

This book is what should have been provided with the Small Business Server software! It provides the reader with everything necessary to get the Small Business Server up and running. The SBS was not designed to operate in complicated situations and readers will not find any magic tricks here. But the book does do an excellent job of keeping SBS administrator (new and old) on the right track.

Provides detailed basic information for the small organization network administrator. NOT an advanced guide, with all the "tips & tricks", but worthwhile for end users. (My 5 books on NT Server -average 900 pages each - still don't give me all the answers either!)

This book will be helpful for an end user or an inexperienced administrator but it does not cover any advanced topics and most of it can be found in the on-line help in SBS.